List of Books You Will Want to Get Started On

Money cannot buy wisdom.
How much you learn is not proportional to how much you spend on your education.  Wisdom comes from reflecting on your life experiences, no matter what they might be, and from engaging with ideas.  Reading books of enduring value is the idea behind the Western tradition of education, as well as many of the non-Western ones, and the people who had the best experience in college are the ones who spent their time discussing big ideas with their neighbors or flatmates.

The books you read in your late twenties may be the ones that influence you the most.  No matter what kind of work experience you have had, and no matter where you have traveled, this is the best time to get your mind in order about what your values really are.

Here are 20 books that millennials (and everybody else) should read before turning 30.

Most of these books are centuries old, but they are full of lessons that will give you insight for decision making in your career and personal relationships.

1. Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
2. The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays by Albert Camus
3. In Search of Lost Time by Marcel Proust
4. Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
5. The Essential Rumi by Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi
6. The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell
7. The Intelligent Investor by Benjamin Graham
8. Give and Take by Adam Grant
9. In Search of Lost Time by Marcel Proust
10. The 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene
11. Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill
12. The Attention Revolution by Alan Wallace
13. How to Win Friends & Influence People by Dale Carnegie
14. Failing Forward: Turning Mistakes into Stepping Stones for Success by John C. Maxwell
15. How to Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be by Jack Canfield
16. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey
17. The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg
18. Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
19. Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
20. Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking y Susan Cain